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prayer before meditation
Father, you created
me
and put me on
earth
for a purpose.
Jesus you died for
me
and called me
to complete your
work.
Holy Spirit,
you help me
carry
out the work
for
which I was
created
and called.
In your presence
and name, Father,
Son,
and Holy
Spirit,
I begin my
meditation.
May all
my thoughts
and
inspirations
have
their origin in you
and
be directed
to
your greater honor
and glory.
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Mark Link, S.J.
Colombiere
Clarkston, MI |
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saturday / wk 4 / ord / feb 4
quiet time
Jesus said to his disciples,
"Let us go some where we
an be alone and can rest a
while. So they started out in
a boat. Mark 6:32
Poet Carl Sandburg writes:
"We must get away now and
then to experience loneliness.
Only those who learn how to
live with loneliness can come
to know themselves and life.
"I go out alone and walk look at
the trees and sky. I listen to the
sounds of loneliness. I sit on a
rock or a stump and say to
myself:
"Who are you, Sandburg?
Where have you been,
anywhere are you going?''
How would I answer the final
three questions?
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week 321 - day 7
sunday / wk 5 / ord / feb 5
find the artichokes
Jesus went to a lonely place,
where he prayed. Mark 1:35
One day, a friend visited Henri
Matisse, the French artist.
Noticing how filled with stress
his friend seemed to be, Matisse
said, "Andre, you must find the
artichokes in your life."
Then he led his friend to a
patch of artichokes in his garden
and said, "Each morning, after I
have worked a while, I come
here to be still and meditate.
This simple ritual inspires me
and gives me a new perspective
toward my work"
To what extent does relax me
and give me a new perspective
toward my work?
At cool of day, with God I walk
My garden's grateful shade;
I hear his voice among the trees
And I am not afraid. Anonymous
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